Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Rutherglen (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency), or Glasgow Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency).

Rutherglen
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Rutherglen shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Clare Haughey
Council area	South Lanarkshire

Rutherglen is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Originally called Glasgow Rutherglen, in 2011 the boundaries were redrawn and the new constituency renamed simply Rutherglen.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Southside.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The newly redrawn seat of Rutherglen consists of the following electoral wards:

In full: Rutherglen South; Rutherglen Central and North; Cambuslang West; Cambuslang East
In part: Blantyre (shared with Uddingston and Bellshill)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Glasgow Rutherglen

	Member	Party
1999	Janis Hughes	Labour
2003	Janis Hughes	Labour
2007	James Kelly	Labour

As Rutherglen

Election		Member	Party
	2011	James Kelly	Labour
	2016	Clare Haughey	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Clare Haughey	15,222	46.2	+6.7
	Labour	James Kelly	11,479	34.8	-11.2
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	3,718	11.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	2,533	7.7	+3.4
Majority			3,743	11.4
Turnout			32,952	54.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Kelly	12,489	46.1	+1.5
	SNP	James McGuigan	10,710	39.5	+16.3
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	2,096	7.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Strachan	1,194	4.4	-14.8
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone	633	2.3	+2.3
Majority			1,779	6.6
Turnout			27,122	47.7	-651
	Labour hold		Swing

Liberal Democrats and the Independent both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Rutherglen
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	12,378	44.6
	SNP	6,431	23.2
	Liberal Democrats	5,343	19.2
	Conservative	2,396	8.6
	Others	1,225	4.4
Majority		5,947	21.4
	Labour hold	Swing

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Kelly	10,237	42.2	-3.6
	SNP	Margaret Park	5,857	24.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	5,516	22.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Christina Harcus	2,094	8.6	-2.0
	Scottish Christian	Tom Greig	548	2.3	+2.3
Majority			4,380	18.1
Turnout			24,252	48.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.5

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Janis Hughes	10,794	45.8	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	4,491	19.1	-0.9
	SNP	Anne McLaughlin	3,517	14.9	-6.3
	Conservative	Gavin Brown	2,499	10.6	+2.6
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	2,259	9.6	+6.7
Majority			6,303	26.8	+1.7
Turnout			23,560	47.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Janis Hughes	13,442	46.3	N/A
	SNP	Tom Chalmers	6,155	21.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	5,798	20.0	N/A
	Conservative	Iain Stewart	2,315	8.0	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	832	2.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	James Nisbet	481	1.7	N/A
Majority			7,287	25.1	N/A
Turnout			15,583	56.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

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